Blue black or white gold? The dress debate is over The science behind the controversial blue black, gold white dress What I never understood was if some folk saw the original dress as white gold & some saw it as black blue then how do side by side images like this exist showing them as two Blue and black? Or white and gold? Net debates color of a dress Digital Journal 10 years ago today, this dress was posted online, turning into a viral phenomenon. Viewers couldn't decide if the dress was blue and black, or white and gold. It was later confirmed